Fifty years ago, it was hard for women to obtain contraception and relatively easy to die giving birth. Many women were unable to decide whom and when to marry, and when or whether to have children.
A worldwide movement to give women real choices in life culminated in the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), where a consensus was reached about the links between...

On March 7, 2019, Population Services Zimbabwe, as the country CSOs Focal Point, in partnership with Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council, Ministry of Health and Child Care, supported by Right Here, Right Now Zimbabwe (RHRN), hosted the 4th Symposium for FP2020. The key deliberations, challenges, recommendations, and action plans agreed on this forum are captured in this Outcome Document.

Providing clarity about the safety of hormonal contraceptive (HC) methods for women at risk of HIV and for women living with HIV (WLHIV) is a public health priority. The World Health Organization (WHO) publishes the medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (MEC). The MEC is an evidencebased guideline informed by a continuous review of evidence that provides recommendations on the safety...